ive currently got a HH3, i have read that the current HH5 can be used on other ISPs however i haven't seen anywhere of the HH3 being used, ill have a look. If not, i can just order the HH5 from BT for £45 but thats where my budget 3rd party router arose, if i can get a better 3rd party router for £60 ish id rather that than buy a new HH5 for £45. If i can use the HH3 however, ill just most likely stick with this

There was reports initially of firmware issues on the VDSL side of things, believe they got fixed.

Some swear by the Home Hub 5 and others swear at it.

Well im on Sky FTTC 80/20 and is 6:30pm and the traceroutes look good, Maybe becouse Sky networks gos up to Manchester?

Half Life 2 server (From steam)

C:\Users\QuadFrancis>tracert 77.246.174.116

Tracing route to client-oneprovider.serverspace.co.uk [77.246.174.116]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms SkyRouter [192.168.0.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 9 ms 7 ms 8 ms ip-84-38-37-10.easynet.co.uk [84.38.37.10]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms po-7-0-0.bb1.lon2.uk.m247.com [193.27.64.158]
6 6 ms 5 ms 6 ms 77.243.176.246
7 7 ms 6 ms 6 ms v925-crs4202.logo.serverspace.co.uk [77.246.169.141]
8 6 ms 5 ms 6 ms client-oneprovider.serverspace.co.uk [77.246.174.116]
Trace complete.

Virgin Media (P2P example like Black Ops 2 if that person was hosting it)

C:\Users\QuadFrancis>tracert 62.31.20.253

Tracing route to XXXX-live22-2-0-XXX.cable.virginm.net [62.31.20.253]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms SkyRouter [192.168.0.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 6 ms 8 ms 8 ms ip-84-38-37-12.easynet.co.uk [84.38.37.12]
4 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 195.66.237.103
5 16 ms 19 ms 19 ms manc-bb-1c-ae3-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43.163.69]
6 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms manc-bb-2a-ae2-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.42.113]
7 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms manc-bb-1d-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.42.118]
8 16 ms 15 ms 15 ms pres-core-2b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.159.198]
9 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms live-cmts-22-tenge330.network.virginmedia.net [81.97.115.110]
10 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete

Edited by francisuk25 (Mon 14-Apr-14 18:41:06)

Your broadband ping link in your sig doesn't work. Are you on a dynamic IP address that has changed?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Your broadband ping link in your sig doesn't work. Are you on a dynamic IP address that has changed?

Yes, Sky dont offer me a Static IP

wish i had your ping time

This is my tracert to the same half life server

C:\Users\jason>tracert 77.246.174.116

Tracing route to client-oneprovider.serverspace.co.uk [77.246.174.116]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms BTHomeHub.home [192.168.1.254]
2 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms 217.32.145.239
3 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms 217.32.146.46
4 18 ms 18 ms 19 ms host109-159-244-154.range109-159.btcentralplus.com [109.159.244.154]
5 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms 213.120.180.173
6 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms 217.41.169.107
7 18 ms 17 ms 18 ms acc1-xe-0-3-0.sf.21cn-ipp.bt.net [109.159.251.73]
8 25 ms 24 ms 30 ms core2-te0-13-0-2.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.251.139]
9 32 ms 31 ms 31 ms peer4-te0-1-0-11.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.255.89]
10 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms 195.99.125.14
11 37 ms 26 ms 27 ms 77.243.176.246
12 28 ms 28 ms 27 ms v925-crs4202.logo.serverspace.co.uk [77.246.169.141]
13 24 ms 26 ms 26 ms client-oneprovider.serverspace.co.uk [77.246.174.116]

Trace complete.

The ping seems to jump up around hop 8

have you tryed this out of peak hours?

not to this server but ive regularly been doing 4x trace routes to bbc.co.uk and google.co.uk in the morning, evening and just after midnight every day for the past 2 weeks and the pings are always near enough the same, off peak shows an improvement of about 6ms, but i still feel i may be suffering from poor routing on BT's end regardless of peak/off peak.

I think is becouse that link shares with the Wholesale and Business side aswell but i need someone eles to say if they do aswell.

By looking at UKInternet

core1-pos9-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net
http://ukinternetreport.co.uk/?p=d&id=174

core2-te-0-15-0-6.ilford.ukcore.bt.net
http://ukinternetreport.co.uk/?p=d&id=81

Edited by francisuk25 (Mon 14-Apr-14 19:15:25)